Quotation

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. G.K. Chesterton (1874—1936)

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. William Shakespeare (1564—1616)

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary. Franklin P. Adams (1881—1960)

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. H.L. Mencken (1880—1956)

A detective digs around in the garbage of people's lives. A novelist invents people and then digs around in their garbage. Joe Gores

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. Honore De Balzac (1799—1850)